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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mattbirchler/9805477","date_published":"2020-06-16T00:21:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Birchler","url":"https://birchtree.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmattbirchler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mattbirchler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-16 00:21","date_timestamp":1592266912,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9805476","content_html":"@Gabz Haha I hope so too! The good news is the assets are so high quality now it might actually be way easier to get good images to work with 😁
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\n\nAlso how historic do you want to go with the name? They are “pod”casts because they were primarily played on iPods. The word is definitely fluid.
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